California's $1 billion tomato processing industry is highly efficient and likely will be able to withstand higher ...

Purdue University researchers found that a subset of epidermal cells in plant leaves serves as early responders to chemical cues from bacterial pathogens and communicate this information to neighbors ...

Early blight in tomato plants can be a major problem for gardeners. Here’s how to keep plants healthy and growing strong.

When you plant the same crop in the same place every year — or even plants from the same family, like nightshades — it ...

Research from Dr. Francesca Hand and her team at The Ohio State University explores sustainable disease control of specialty ...

Some 800,000 dried plant specimens from the 150-year-old Singapore Herbarium are being digitised using Picturae’s conveyor belt imaging system. Photojournalist Shintaro Tay takes a behind-the-scenes ...

Anaemia affects over 1.6 billion people globally. This condition reduces the blood's oxygen-carrying capacity. Key nutrients ...

Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress ...

New AI boosts corn disease detection on phones & drones. Researchers streamlined a complex system, improving accuracy to ...

Why are the leaves on my citrus tree turning yellow? 2. I get lots of flowers but almost NO tomatoes. What’s wrong? 3. How can I get my soil tested? 4. There are small insects all over my roses and ...

Fall might seem like a time to wind down in the garden, but tackling a few tasks now can make spring much easier. For starters, pulling up weeds by their roots in the fall can dramatically ...

Identify & Prevent Bacterial Speck. Bacterial speck of tomato plants is easily confused with other common diseases. Here’s how to know if your tomatoes have bacterial speck or spot and how to treat it ...